Conclusions
Conclusions
This chapter argues that the distinction previously made by some scholars between the linguistic forces underlying new dialect creation and those underlying contact between closely related varieties often considered to be discrete is probably misinformed. The changes involved in the contacts fuelling differentiation are, if not the same, essentially of the same type. Koineisation lies as the heart of both.
Keywords: Contact Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Koineisation
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